Do king snakes have to eat the animal alive?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

No, most captive king snakes quickly learn to take pre-killed rodents. In fact, it is much safer to do this. If a live mouse is introduced into the cage and the snake has no interest in feeding at the time, the mouse can do serious damage to the snake, even kill it.

Wiki User

∙ 9y ago

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